Summary
As an Accounts and Audit Apprentice, you will assist the accounts and audit team in the management and delivery of business services for DPC clients, gaining skills and knowledge through a combination of on-the- job training and study. Once qualified, we offer further training and development to continue your career progression within DPC.
Wage
£14,722.50 a year
Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Friday, working hours. To be confirmed.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
Possible start date
Tuesday 1 July
Duration
1 year 3 months
Positions available
1
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
* Bookkeeping
* Prepare VAT reports
* Prepare small sets of accounts
* Prepare simple corporation tax computations
* Prepare budgets at the start of each job, monitor, and communicate with the Client Manager where problems are encountered to ensure timely solution
* General administrative tasks e.g. post, filing, scanning, uploading accounts etc.
Where you’ll work
DPC Accountants Limited
Stone House, Stone Road Business Park
Stone Road
Stoke-on-Trent
ST4 6SR
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
NEWCASTLE AND STAFFORD COLLEGES GROUP
Your training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Equal to GCSE
Course contents
* Record transactional data.
* Use the organisation’s standard tools and processes to examine data to identify transactional issues such as, reconciliations and inconsistencies between invoices.
* Recognise and rectify routine errors, escalating as necessary.
* Plan and review accounting and finance tasks.
* Communicate with stakeholders to deliver accurate and timely results, avoiding jargon, using language tailored to the audience and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
* Use finance and accounting software packages to accurately input and manage data to contribute to routine accounting tasks.
* Handle data and digital technology in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
* Record transactional data.
* Use the organisation’s standard tools and processes to examine data to identify transactional issues such as, reconciliations and inconsistencies between invoices.
* Recognise and rectify routine errors, escalating as necessary.
* Plan and review accounting and finance tasks.
* Communicate with stakeholders to deliver accurate and timely results, avoiding jargon, using language tailored to the audience and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
* Use finance and accounting software packages to accurately input and manage data to contribute to routine accounting tasks.
* Handle data and digital technology in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
Your training plan
* Level 3 Accounting Assistant Apprenticeship Standard -
* You will spend four days a week in the work place and one day a week at Newcastle College for your 'study day'.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
* English (grade 4/C or above)
* Maths (grade 4/C or above)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
* Communication skills
* Attention to detail
* Organisation skills
* Administrative skills
* Number skills
* Team working
* Initiative